re: Per Yahoo, Hornets will change name to Pelicans(Posted by Jester on 12/5/12 at 10:42 am to Fun Bunch)

quote:I'm sure its a very scientific poll, broken up by demographics.

How about this? They are on sportsnation, thus they are sports fans. They are from Louisiana by their location data. I'd think sports fans from Louisiana is about as important a demographic as there is.

re: Per Yahoo, Hornets will change name to Pelicans(Posted by BrowDown on 12/5/12 at 10:47 am to Jester)

quote:I can't even take credit for it. I added it, but I think it was tehChampion that posted out the glaring similarities.

I'm not sure why the maker of that didn't include any navy at all, even navy piping would make it less McD. Main point is that it looks slick and tons less cracker jack than the recent rebrands and redos.

re: Per Yahoo, Hornets will change name to Pelicans(Posted by 42 on 12/5/12 at 10:52 am to BrowDown)

Shortening: Celtics go to C's, not Cels. So P's? There are ways to nickname your nickname without shortening to something stupid once, then saying it's impossible to do otherwise. Lakers become . . . what? Oh, nothing?

Poll: There was a poll taken. They asked one person. Tom Benson. People's tastes are their own, but people need to accept, on some level, all the costs and benefits it is of having him as an owner.